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Catholic Charities received the funds from the Cohoes Fire Fund on Tuesday, January 16th and has begun connecting with the Cohoes fire survivors to start the Disaster Case Management process. This is a comprehensive approach to help disaster survivors rebuild their lives and gain back some of what was lost. Thanks to the experience of our case managers, who will be working one-on-one with the affected people, we will be able to seek out varied resources from state, federal, and local [...]

Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, along with Bishop Joe S. Vasquez, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, and Jeanne M. Atkinson, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC), sent a letter to President Trump urging him to continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The letter points out that an estimated 800,000 young people have benefitted from the DACA program. Parishes, the Catholic [...]

Summer campers at Sunnyside in north central Troy got a special treat in July when ballerina Olga Aru from the Moscow Ballet came to give dance, movement, and cultural lessons. The program was part of the Moscow Ballet's "New Horizons" program, which gives underserved children knowledge and exposure to the arts. The Sunnyside children will be treated to a ticket to the Nutcracker performance in December when Olga and the Moscow Ballet return to the Capital District to perform at the Palace [...]

Catholic Charities and Unity House teamed up for Golf for Good, and the day was a huge success. Click Below to see a video from Time Warner Cable News on the event, which raised money to support the programs of Catholic Charities and Unity House that serve the poor and vulnerable in Rensselaer County. http://www.twcnews.com/nys/capital-region/sports/2016/06/13/golf-for-good-returns-to-the-capital-region.html  

Hunger and food insecurity present a problem in many areas, but those problems can be unique in rural regions where transportation and resources are limited. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany is pleased to announce that we have been awarded with a $22,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation.  The funding is provided through a pass-through grant from Catholic Charities USA to undertake capacity building projects at four rural food pantries and begin food pantry services at a fifth [...]